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Published on: August 11, 2015
Observed rupture of unruptured intracranial aneurysms
Christopher Taylor1, Arthur Dalton1, K S Manjunath Prasad1
1Department of Neurosurgery, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK.
Abstract:
Aim: To study the aneurysms where pre and post-rupture imaging was available to determine the impact of rupture on morphology and size of the aneurysm.Methods: A retrospective case series where all cases of ruptured aneurysms over a 5-year period were evaluated and cases identified where pre and post rupture imaging was available. These were then studied in detail.Results: The actual change in the volume of the aneurysm pre and post rupture was quite small and the underlying shape/morphology did not change at all.Conclusion: Post-rupture morphology of aneurysms can be used as representative of pre-rupture morphology. Further larger studies in collaboration with other neurosurgical centres to corroborate this view would be helpful.
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